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Category Archive: Spender

The Spender Oath

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Hardly a day goes by without President Trump launching an attack on the press. Not just the individuals […]

August 18, 2018 History, Spender

The Sale of the Century

The guide at the National Gallery in London wasn’t entirely sure where I might find Rubens. She furrowed […]

February 22, 2018 Culture, History, Spender

Dalkey Tale: My Mother and Michael Collins

My mother was born in the middle of a gun battle. A cold January night at the height […]

February 18, 2017 Dublin, History, Ireland, Spender

Brief Encounter … with Bowie

Like many people this morning, my thoughts are with David Bowie who has died in New York from […]

January 11, 2016 Culture, Music, Spender

The Room

My aunt Ray Wolf, who died last month at the grand old age of 99, was a pretty […]

July 13, 2014 Short story, Spender

Obituary: Ray Wolf 1914-2014

Ray Wolf, the last of the grandchildren of Edward Spender, founder of the Western Morning News, has died […]

July 8, 2014 Culture, History, Spender

The Tragedy of Tregonhawke Bay

When I was a youngster, I was taken by my father to see a memorial at Tregonhawke on […]

June 9, 2014 History, Spender
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